As humans, we are bestowed with an inherent ability to think, create and modify ideas. These ideas could be expressed in artistic, literary, or musical works. However, there are instances wherein these works/ideas are plagiarised. This work analyzes the meaning of plagiarism, the laws regulating music plagiarism in Nigeria,  the various forms of music plagiarism, and thus, proffer solutions.

1.0 Introduction Imagine adapting to someone else’s work, do you know the original creator of the work can sue you and get remedy by compensation? The world is developing day by day and there is more credence given to copyright. Copyright is one of the intangible rights that give the author or creator of a […]

By Isaac Adeyanju[2] INTRODUCTION A decade old legal battle between Google and Oracle arose over Google’s use of about 11,500 lines of source codes owned by Oracle from its Java Application Programming Interface (API) in the development of Google’s Android operating system in a familiar coding language. Application Programming Interface are features that enables programs […]